Chapter 502 – Intervention

Chapter 502 Interference
Edward walked around the room irritably, crunching the floor, he kept flinging his arms and making various gestures, his lips opening and closing up and down as if he was muttering something, maybe that would make him feel better.

Sarnell looked at Edward, quietly not saying a word, he felt that it was better not to touch the mold of the big pirate head in front of him at this time.

His eyeballs bobbed slightly as he turned his attention to his other superior in the room.

Ms. Mariana still maintained her usual elegant demeanor, sitting leisurely on a rattan chair with her left hand holding a coffee, her right hand cupping a small spoon and mixing it unhurriedly.

It seemed as if what happened in Horn Bay had nothing to do with her.

The stomping sound of someone climbing the stairs came from outside, and not long after the door of the room was knocked.

Sarnell walked quickly to the door and opened a cover on the door of the room, revealing a small hole, he glanced outside and then opened the door.

Outside appeared Nathan, and Mariana, who was drinking coffee, looked over at her child.

Nathan waved inside, “Guys, I’ve got Sita here.”

With that, he lifted his feet and entered the room, revealing the tower of brawn behind him.

Sita’s face was a simpleton’s demeanor, bowing his head slightly as he burrowed through the doorframe.

Edward asked with some amusement, “Nothing happened on the way, did it?”

Nathan shrugged both shoulders and replied with an amused expression, “Other than an incident with a helper, everything went well, no big deal.”

He gave a general account of what had just happened when he stopped the carriage on the street.

“The owner of the carriage was probably a nobleman, but we ran away in time for him to see us.”

Edward looked at Sita, the other party remained silent, like one of those simple croppers common in the countryside who were usually silent and only knew how to bury their heads in their work.

Knowing the man’s character, he asked Nathan directly, “How is the Horned Bay Alliance doing, have those noble lords discussed the results?”

A chagrined expression appeared on Nathan’s face, who had a cloudy face just a moment ago.

“Don’t mention it!”

“The Convocation is still arguing.”

In Nathan’s hateful description, the crowd knew what had happened recently in the upper echelons of the alliance.

After learning that the Protectorate had attacked their own empty and vulnerable northern alliance by “borrowing” a neutral country, there was a heated argument at the top of the alliance. One faction believed that we should not worry about the north for the time being, and should immediately focus on attacking the Church’s territory according to the original plan, and go straight to the direction of Collins, while the other faction believed that we should withdraw our troops and transfer them to the north to deal with the Protectorate that had bypassed the country, and now the two factions of parliamentarians were arguing about their own opinions, and the arguments were evenly divided in the council, and the armies that had already been assembled along the border did not go to the neighboring areas controlled by the Church, nor did they go back to reinforce them, due to not having been given any clear instructions. The army that had already gathered at the border, due to the lack of clear instructions, did not move towards the neighboring ecclesiastical control area only, nor did it return to the northern allies.

Edward gritted his teeth after hearing this and said, “Since the Church’s forces have appeared in the north, this means that the Church territory in front of the Horned Bay alliance must be empty of troops, so you should take advantage of this opportunity to fight your way in.”

Nathan disagreed with him, “Those neutral states in the north are too weak, a partial division can take care of them, what if the church in the north is just a feint and the real main force stays in the east of the Horned Bay Alliance and waits for the Horned Bay Alliance to take advantage of the void immediately after they transfer their main force to the north?”

Edward: “Whether it’s striking east into the interior or going north to rescue the allies, it’s better than staying at the border and doing nothing.”

Nathan had a more helpless expression on his face, “The worst part is that those northern countries that are threatened themselves have already notified their own armies heading to the Horned Bay Alliance’s borders to rendezvous to withdraw back home, and the Protestant armies are on the verge of falling apart.” “Then let us come to the aid of the northern countries.”

Lady Mariana, who had been leisurely sipping her coffee at the side, suddenly spoke up.

“Help? Help how?”

Mariana’s words surprised everyone greatly.

“Ahem! You mean donate a sum of money to them and recruit more soldiers?” Nathan waved his hand, “It’s useless, it’s not like these countries lack money.”

“No.” Mariana denied, “I mean – we use the power of magic to directly intervene in the war.”

For a moment, Nathan thought that there was something wrong with his old mom’s head, that said, she wasn’t really that young if you counted by mortal age.

Nathan said with difficulty, “That, not I say ah …… although we have had a precedent of cooperation with the mortal regime like Jarls, but that is built on the premise of up to several years of careful mutual contact and understanding, now the situation is so critical, it’s already too late, these countries Some time ago, they were still frantically hunting spellcasters together with the Church, if we rashly walk up to those in power and identify ourselves, are you sure they won’t tie us up and burn us on the spot?”

Mariana smiled at her son and said, “If it were anyone else, of course not. But I happen to know just one of the powers that be in Horned Bay who is knowledgeable and tolerant enough of spellcasters, and whose country has considerable influence among the coastal nations.”

“This figure still exists in Horned Bay?”

The crowd in the room was greatly surprised.

Nathan said with righteous indignation, “Then why didn’t he stand up for justice for spellcasters earlier, mortals really are no good.”

Mariana said with some helplessness but some understanding, “As a ruler of a country, he cannot resist the overall will of the nation, the people at that time were compelled by the church, even if the monarch is a rational person, there is nothing he can do about it, even if he has enough ability to persuade his own people, he will still face isolation and even hostility from all the other countries in All Horns Bay, and the only thing he can do is to hold back and wait for the right time – the time when everyone is forced to live by the perversity of the Church.”

Still somewhat disdainful, Nathan asked, “Oh? And who is this monarch who has enough knowledge and tolerance for spellcasters?”

Mariana replied, “The ruler of the Duchy of Eton – His Majesty Etteot Cabre.”

“The Duchy of Eton? Isn’t that the country we’re in now?”

Nathan rose in surprise, coming to Hydra, the capital of Eton, was decided by his mother, and it happened to be this moment when the Protectorate was approaching Eton.

Had she planned it this way for a long time?

“So ……” he asked, “how do you know that he understands us spellcasters well enough?”

“Huh!” Mariana laughed, “Because his wife – Her Highness Helen, now the Grand Duchess of Eton – is a caster.”

“Do you know this Grand Duchess Helen?”

“Of course, because she was my student, and I was the one who led her onto the path of magic.”

(End of chapter)